Sheet-metal pocket-box.



No. 898,125. PATENTED SEPT. s, 1908. I. J. MARGUSE.

SHEET METAL POCKET BOX.

APPLICATION FILED 001319, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC .I. MARCUSE, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CANCOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SHEET-METAL POCKET-B OX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1908.

Application filed. October 19, 1306. Serial No. 339,593.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC J. MARCUSE, a citizen of the United States,residing in Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sheet-VIetal Pocket-Boxes,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tin or sheet metal pocket boxesfor contain ing smoking tobacco or other pulverulent articles.

In pocket tobacco boxes heretofore in use designed to be carried in thehip, breast or other pocket, and made with a thin flat body with roundedside walls at the two edges of the narrow body, considerable difficultyis experienced in pouring the tobacco out of the pocket box into a pipeor in a narrow stream into a cigarette paper in forming cigarettes.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved construction ofsheet metal pocket tobacco box by means of which this difliculty may beobviated or removed and in which the tobacco may be conveniently pouredin a narrow stream into a pipe or into a cigarette paper in the formingof cigarettes as desired.

My invention consists in the means I employ to practically accomplishthis object or result. That is to say, it consists in providing thenarrow body of the pocket box with angular or trough shaped side wallsat one edge of the narrow body, the hinged cover of the box beingsimilarly shaped at one of its ends.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure1 is a perspective view of a pocket tobacco box e1nbodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the pocket box in position forpouring with the hinged cover open. Fig. 3 is a cross section on line3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig.5 is a rear elevation. Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view illustrating amodification wherein the body of the box is made of curved or reniformshape in cross section as in my Patent No. 812,175 of Feb. 6,1906.

In the drawing, A represents the lower or bottom head of the box, B itsnarrow flat body, C the hinged pin or pintle and D the hinged cover.

front and back walls b b, curved or rounded H edge wall 6 and an angularor trough shaped wall 6 b at the other or pouring edge of the narrow orthin body of the box. The angular or trough shaped wall of the box ispreferably composed, as illustrated in the drawing, of two substantiallyequal flat angular or con verging portions b h The side seam b of thebody is preferably located at the middle of the rounded edge wall N. Theangular trough shaped ouring edge wall b b of the narrow box boc y maypreferably extend for the full length of the body, as this makes asimpler and cheaper construction to manu facture. At their apex ormeeting line I), the angular or trough shaped walls b -b may referablybe slightly curved or rounded as illustrated in the drawing.

The ,hinged cover D of the box is fur nished with an integral flange d,overlapping the upper end of the box body B. This flange at its backportion (1 is furnished with integral hinge ears (1 cooperating withsimilar hinge ears b on the back wall of the body B, the hinge pin orpintle C extending through these hinge ears and thus hinging the cover Dto the body of the box.

The body of the box is provided at its front wall I) with a ledge orshoulder b to serve as a stop for the front wall (1 of the flange of thecover to shut against.

The overlapping flange d of the cover has a rounded end wall (1corresponding to the rounded edge wall 6 of the body. And the coverflange d of the cover has at its opposite end angular walls (1 dcorresponding to the angular or trough shaped edge walls 11 b of thebody.

IVhen the hinged cover is swung open, it thus clears the angular ortrough shaped pouring edge wall of the box so that the tobacco or othermaterial adapted to be poured out, flows out unobstructedly in a narrowstream.

In the modification illustrated at Fig. 6, the thin or'narrow body ofthe box is made of curved or reniform shape in cross section, asillustrated in my Patent No. 812,175, of Feb. 6th, 1906.

It will, of course, be understood by those skilled in the art that myimprovement may be applied to pocket boxes of other forms than thoseillustrated in the drawing.

The body, bottom head and cover of the boX are preferably made of tinplate or other light sheet metal.

1. In a sheet metal pocket box, the combination with a body of thin formin cross section, and having wide back and front walls and a roundedwall at one upright edge, and provided with an angular trough-shapedwall at its opposite upright edge to form a pouring mouth therefor, of acover round at one end and angular at the other, provided with a flangesurrounding and conforming to the upper end of said body, the back wallportion of said cover flange having a hinge connection With the backwall portion of said body to cause the angular end of the cover to swingclear of the pouring mouth of the body when the cover is opened,substantially as specified.

2. In a sheet metal pocket boX the combination with a body of thin formin cross section and having wide back and front walls and provided withan angular trough shaped wall at one of its upright edges to form apouring mouth therefor, of a cover of an angular shape at one end andprovided with a flange surrounding and conforming to the upper end ofsaid body, the back wall portion of said cover flange having a hingeconnection with the back wall portion of said body to cause the angularend of the cover to swing clear of said angular pouring mouth of thebody when the cover is opened, substantially as specified.

ISAAC J. MARCUSE.

Witnesses:

MOSES M. MARCUSE, A. J. MARCUSE.

